Wednesday, April 15th. Day 105 of 2026
It’s Tax Day ! The checks will be in the mail later today $#&*
It’s Laundry Day, Banana Day and Titanic Remembrance Day
1850: The city of San Francisco was incorporated
1865: President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth
1912: The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive
1947: Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers
1955: McDonald’s dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois on this day
1971: The motion picture “Patton” wins Best Picture and George C Scott Best Actor at the Academy Awards
2013: Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon , killing three people and injuring 264 others
2019: The cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris is seriously damaged by a large fire
News: Frye Regional Medical Center placed in “Jeopardy Designation” for issues involving Medicare and or Medicaid…Taylorsville Police searching for suspect…Taylorsville man busted by Alexander County Deputies…Taylorsville man arrested after trying to outrun Highway Patrol…Morganton woman convicted of shooting into occupied residence…A Porch Pyro in Lincoln County
Weather: Sunny and 88 !
Sports: What a day for Cougars Athletics, nothing but victories…Former AC assistant named new Football Coach at West Caldwell…Hornets win a thriller…Canes conclude regular season with win…Braves rally to fry the Fish…Dodgers win
Happy Birthday: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason , Heloise, Evelyn Ashford, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres, Chris Stapleton, Seth Rogen, Emma Watson, Maisie Williams
NFL reporter resigns amid scandal https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/breaking-news/article/dianna-russini-resigns-from-the-athletic-after-photos-with-patriots-head-coach-mike-vrabel-investigation-194430562.html
Word of the Day: smelt [smelt] to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained. Various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax. From German. “The ore was shipped to the smelting factory.”
Quote of the Day: “I always tell people, The music’s free. I get paid to travel.”… Chris Stapleton (48 today)